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HIMSS Media is the fastest growing B2B media group focused exclusively on healthcare and technology markets. Through its suite of market-leading brands, such as Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, HIMSS Media delivers news, analysis and must-have information to an audience of senior healthcare and technology influencers. HIMSS Media is also the leading producer of important

live events, such as the Privacy & Security Forum, Patient Engagement Summit, Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit, and Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum. HIMSS Media is a part of HIMSS, the global voice, advisor and thought leader of health transformation through health IT with a unique breadth and depth of expertise and capabilities to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health, healthcare and care outcomes. HIMSS designs and leverages key data assets, predictive models and tools to advise global leaders, stakeholders and influencers of best practices in health IT, so they have the right information at the point of decision.

AI can be leveraged to improve cybersecurity and health equity
11/16/2024

AI can be leveraged to improve cybersecurity and health equity

For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy Lee Kim describes some of the ways how privacy and security intersect with health access and patient engagement – and how artificial intelligence can help.

AI be leveraged to improve cybersecurity and health equity
11/15/2024

AI be leveraged to improve cybersecurity and health equity

For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy Lee Kim describes some of the ways how privacy and security intersect with health access and patient engagement – and how artificial intelligence can help.

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead HHS
11/15/2024

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead HHS

President-elect says his nominee will protect Americans from "pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives."

Trump taps former Rep. Doug Collins to head VA
11/15/2024

Trump taps former Rep. Doug Collins to head VA

The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.

DHS intros framework for AI safety and security, in healthcare and elsewhere
11/15/2024

DHS intros framework for AI safety and security, in healthcare and elsewhere

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design, and implementation failures.

How artificial intelligence is changing the equation for SDOH integration
11/15/2024

How artificial intelligence is changing the equation for SDOH integration

For Global Health Equity Week, Dr. Keisuke Nakagawa, director of innovation at UC Davis Health and co-chair of the HIMSS SDOH Committee, explains how AI is transforming how social and digital determinant information is incorporated and surfaced.

DHS intros framework for AI safety and security, in healthcare and elsewhere
11/15/2024

DHS intros framework for AI safety and security, in healthcare and elsewhere

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design and implementation failures.

Lawmakers ask CDRH to revisit its CDS guidance
11/15/2024

Lawmakers ask CDRH to revisit its CDS guidance

In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over healthcare providers' deployment of clinical decision support software exempt from medical device regulations and say clarity is needed from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

Fostering health IT innovation through academic-industrial collaborations
11/14/2024

Fostering health IT innovation through academic-industrial collaborations

At the helm of Taiwan's national smart health project, the National Science and Technology Council facilitates partnerships between university hospitals and the ICT industry. Andrea Hsu, director general at the agency, discusses.

Technology and policy have a role to play in improving maternal health
11/14/2024

Technology and policy have a role to play in improving maternal health

For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior director of government relations Valerie Rogers explains how state and federal policies, along with IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange, are improving perinatal health outcomes.

VA plans to end telehealth copays and fund virtual care access in rural areas
11/14/2024

VA plans to end telehealth copays and fund virtual care access in rural areas

The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.

Prioritizing cost management at U.S. healthcare systems: Keys to better margins
11/14/2024

Prioritizing cost management at U.S. healthcare systems: Keys to better margins

As healthcare organizations grapple with rising costs and evolving payment models, achieving positive margins is more critical than ever.

New approaches to improving healthcare access for justice-impacted individuals
11/13/2024

New approaches to improving healthcare access for justice-impacted individuals

For Global Health Equity Week, Knight Consulting principal and New Jersey HIMSS member Mike Relli, describes how Section 1115 waivers can help states boost access and reduce SDOH disparities for citizens reentering the community after incarceration.

ASPR seeks feedback on public health orgs' cybersecurity needs
11/13/2024

ASPR seeks feedback on public health orgs' cybersecurity needs

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.

Artificial intelligence is enabling big advances in surgery
11/13/2024

Artificial intelligence is enabling big advances in surgery

From preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance to visualization and predictive analytics, AI has many new roles to play to help surgeons do their best work.

Deploy RFID technologies to streamline controlled substance management
11/13/2024

Deploy RFID technologies to streamline controlled substance management

Approximately 10% of all U.S. healthcare workers will divert opioids or other controlled substances from their workplace at some point in their career.1 Drug diversion, or the illegal distribution or abuse of prescription drugs, remains a top challenge at hospitals and health systems across the coun...

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